Piano-pedal support.



R. A. GALLY. PIANO PEDAL SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1913.

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R. A. GALLY.

PIANO PEDAL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1913.

Patented July 14, 1914-,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT A. GALLY, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE BALDWIN COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

PIANO-PEDAL SUPPORT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT A. GALLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Piano-Pedal Supports, of which the following is a specification.

Previous structures of pedal supports for horizontal pianos having self-playing apparatus, have had such parts attached to the I from the right end of a horizontal piano,

having the rear right hand case leg and right hand cross rail of legs removed, thus showing the player action, and pedal support, the near side of this support being removed to show the interior of its box like structure and its contents and Fig. 2 a front View of the same.

Pumper pedals 1 and 2 are mounted on a frame or support 3 which has rails 4 across its top, preferably of angle iron for greatest strength. The rail or rails 4 are held up by suspension means 5 attached to the keybed or table 6, and extended down between the parts of the player action chests 7 and striker pneumatics 8, etc. held beneath the keybed or table 6 on end trunk 7. The support 3 and its pumper pedals 1 and 2 and piano pedals 9 are suspended below said chests 7 on rails 4. These suspension means 5 are preferably located at the extra spaces in the scale termed breaks, where there 1s greater distance Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 10, 1913.

These chests are I Patented July 14, 1914. Serial No. 741,182.

' rails 4 and said rails left with the blocks 10 and main case, or the frame 3 and rails 4 can be removed together for greater access to the player action chests 7, strikers 8, etc.

Any form of pumper pedals or piano pedals, either alone or combined, may be used with this support, and the support be of open form or cased in, and yet be subject to,-

WVhat I claim as my invention:

1. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pedals thereon below said player action parts, and suspension means attached to said keybed and extended down between said player action parts and connected to said supporting frame.

2. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pedals thereon below said player action parts, one or more rails across the top of said frame or support and lengthwise of the keybed, and suspension means attached to said keybed and extended down between said playeraction parts and connected to said rail or rails.

3. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pedals thereon below said player action parts, and suspension means attached to said keybed and extended down between said player action parts at the wider spaces between said parts at the breaks of the scale and connected to said supporting frame.

4. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pedals thereon below said player action parts, one or more rails across the top of said frame or support and lengthwise of the keybed, and suspension means attached to said keybed and extended down between said player action parts at the wider spaces between said parts at the breaks of the scale and connected to said rail or rails.

5. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pedals thereon below said player action parts, one or more rails across the top of said frame or support and lengthwise of the keybed, and

suspension means attached to said keybed and extended down between said player action parts and connected to said rail or rails and blocks at the ends of the scale said rails being attached to said blocks.

6. A piano' having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pedals thereon below said player action parts, and suspension means attached to said keybed and extended down between said player action parts and removably connected to said supporting frame.

7. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed a frame or sup-port and pedals there on below said player action parts, one or more rails across the top of said frame or support and lengthwise of the keybed, and suspension means attached to said keybed and extended down between said player action parts, and removably connected to said rail or rails.

8. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pedals thereon below said player action parts, one or more rails across the top of said frame or support and lengthwise of the keybed, and suspension means attached to said keybed and extended down between said player action parts and connected to said rail or rails, said frame being removably attached to said rail or rails.

9. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pedals thereon below said player action parts, one or more rails across the top of said frame Or support and lengthwise of the keybed, and suspension means attached to said keybed and extended down between said player action parts and connected to said rail or rails, and blocks at the ends of the scale, said rails being removably attached to said blocks.

. 10. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, frame or support and pedals thereon below said player action parts, one or more rails across the top of said frame or support and lengthwise of the keybed, and blocks at the ends of the scale, said rails being attached to said blocks.

11. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pedals thereon below said player action parts, one

or more rails across the top of said frame or support and lengthwise of the keybed, and blocks at the ends of the scale, said rails being removably attached to said blocks.

12. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pedals thereon directly under said player action parts, and suspension means from said keybed to said frame or support and independent of said player action parts.

13. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pedals thereon directly under said player action parts, and suspension means from said keybed to said frame or support and independent of said player action parts, said frame or support and its pedals being removably attached.

1%. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support below said player parts, and pedals on said support directly under said player action parts, and suspension means from said keybed to said support.

15. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pumper pedals thereon directly under said player action parts, and suspension means from said keybed to said frame or support and independent of said player action parts.

16. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under. said keybed, a frame or support below said player parts, and pumper pedals on said support directly under said player action parts, and suspension means from said keybed to said support.

17. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed a frame or support and pedals thereon directly under said player action parts, and. suspension means from said keybed to said frame or support.

18. A piano having a keybed, player action chests and striker pneumatics under said keybed, a frame or support and pumper pedals thereon directly under said player action parts, and suspension means from said keybed to said frame or support.

ROBT. A. GALLY. lVitnesscs S. M. VVAMAoKs, J. V. MAoY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patentn, Washington, D. C. 

